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MECHANICAL;l MOVEMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters .A1-atenta No. 729,949, dated June 2, 1903.V

l Application sied April 19t-19.62.? sensi No. 103,776. (No modem To @ZZ whom it may concern: j Be it' known that'I, FRANK I-I. LINDNER, a citizen of the United States, andraresiden't of Bayonne, county iff-Hudson, State f'NeWV Jersey, have inventedcertai-n -neW and useful Improvements vinIMechanicalMovemen ts',

of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to mechanical movements, the object of which is to'V produce a movement With-'varying speed. V-Such movement-s, areapplicable in many machines, as instances of which I would refer particularly to the class of machinzesin which the rawj material and half-finished articles are suc-' A cessively carriedfrom one section or organism of the machinetolanother, with a dwell or v stop at cach organism forthe purpose of suh-l jecting the material to Ia series'bfsuccessive operations. Another instance of a case in which a movement ofvariahle speed is useful and desirable is V'found in printing-presses having a'reciprocating bed.

The invention of course is applicablev to any machine or organism in Whi-cha movement of the indicatedcharacter may be useful.

My invention has for its object to *providev a comparatively simple and positively-'oper- I atingv mechanism for `producing a movement with varyin g speed, and particularly a move.- ment Whichfor a certain period has a constant speed preceded-by a period of increasing speed and followed by a period of gradually-decreasing speed. Y'

Another object of. my inventionA is toso construct the mechanism as tobe able to con.-V siderably vary the ratio of speed increase or decrease and so as to be even able to produce a temporary stoppage of the movement.

tion.r i 2 is a'diagram of the corresponding-movesection. Fig. 2 is an end View thereof. Fig.

3 is a diagram of the movement. Fig. 4 shows the same movement applied to a printingpress. Fig. 5 isa partialcross-section of such 'a press. Fig. 6 is a diagram of the movement. Figs. 7 and 8 show how the initial and final movements may be modified. Fig. 9 is a diagram of "theentire movement. is a front view of another formof my inven- Fig. 11 is a plan view thereof. Fig.

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ment.' Fig. 13 is an elevation of athird form Fig. 16 is a front view Fig.

16L isa plan of this form of my invention,

and Fig. 17 is a diagram of the movement obtained thereby.

As illustrated in Fig. 1, I employ three parallel shafts 1, 2, and 3, which when seen in end sview are arrangedfat the apeXes of a right-angle isosceles triangle. Two of these shafts,'1.and 2, are arranged t0 rotate in opposite-directions, and any suitable mechan ism is employed for accomplishing this result. Forinstance, one-of the shafts Willbe -driven hy'ja'helt, andthe two shafts may he connected directly by gearing, as indicated in Figli. These shafts land 2 are supposed to rotate at a uniform rateof speed, although it will of course be understood that variations froma ,uniform rateof speed will not materially affect the utility of my invention.

The third shaft, 3, is the one which is given a rotation with varying speedthat is, the speed is rst slow, then increases gradually to a certain rate, remains constant for a definite period, and then again decreases gradually. Inthe particular form illustrated the motion of the shaft 3 is an oscillating motion- 'thatis, the shaft turns first in one direction andthen in the other. The extent of. lthe shaft-s movement is about three-quarters of 4a revolution.

A similar driving mechanism is secured to each of the shafts 1 andf2; but corresponding parts on the shafts are differently located, so that their positions in relation to their re- Fig. 15 is a diagram of the corre- A IOO spective shafts will always dier by about,`

ninety degrees. Thus each sha-ft carries rigidly an' arm 4 and 5, respectively, with a roller 6 or 7 respectively journaled at the end. In a different plane to these two arms and rollers are located arms 8 and 10, with rollers 9 and l1, there being also a diiference in position of about ninety degrees between the rollers 6 and 1l. and the rollers 7 and 9. Adjacent to each of the rollers is also rigidly s'ecured a cam, the four cams being numbered 12, 13, 14, and 15, respectively, and it will be understood that each cam on one shaft is in the same plane with a cam on the other shaft, but in a different plane from the other cam on the same shaft. Between the roller-carrying arms and the cams is located a plate or hub 16 and 17, respectively provided with a toothed segment 18 and 19, respectively,

-the ends of each segment coinciding practically, or rather registering, with the common tangential plane of the adjacent cam and roller, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

On the shaft 3 are rigidly secured four arms 20, 2l, 22, and 23, respectively,`each of which has an inclined or cam surface adapted to be engaged by one of the rollers 6, 7, 9,01j 11, respectively. Two of these arms, 2O and 21,

. are therefore in a plane different from that of the other arms, 22 23. In a plane corresponding with that of the cams 12 and 14 are arranged two rollers 30 and 31, carried by brackets 2G and 27. In the plane of the cams 13 and 15 are arranged rollers 28 29, carried by brackets 24 25, respectively. In the central plane, which is located between those of the cams and coincides with the plane of the segments 18 19, is located a gear-wheel 32. The inclined face of each of the cams 20 21 22 23 is so arranged as to lead directly to the inner end of one of the teeth o'f the gearwheel 32.

The operation is as follows: Assuming the parts to be in the position shown in Fig. 1, with the shafts 1 and 2 rotating in the directions indicated by arrows, it will be seen that the only driving engagement is between the roller 6 and the arm 21. rI his will rotate the shaft 3 clockwise with a speed which increases gradually, because the roller 6 comes progressively nearer the shaft 3. When the forward tooth 'of the toothed sector 19 comes into the position indicated by the dotted line ct, it will enter the space between two teeth of the gear-wheel 32 and the point of contact of roller 6 with arm 2l will be at a distance from the center slightly greater than the outer radius ot' the wheel 32. At the line indicated at b the teeth of the sector 19 and of the gear-wheel 32 will again come out of engagement. Of course as long as the segment 19 and the gear-wheel 32 are iu lnesh the shaft 3 will rotate at a uniform rate of speed if the rotation of the shaft 1 is uniform. By the time the last tooth of the sector 19 is about t0 leave the gear-wheel 32 at line b the roller 28 comes into engagement with the inclined surface of the cam l5, and immediately after the wheel 32 has come out of engagement with the sector 19 the roller 28 travels on the inclined surface of the cam 15, and thus a slow-down movement with a gradual decrease of speed is obtained. In the diagram Fig. 3, A indicates the starting or initial movement with increasing speed, B the movement of constant speed, and C the end movement with a gradual decrease of speed. The spaces between the vertical lines indicate equal intervals of time. While the shaft 1 is thus the driving-shaft the shaft 2 and the parts connected therewith perform no driving function. When, however, the driving action of shaft 1 has ceased, the shaft 2 will have turned far enough to bring the roller 9 into operative engagement with the arm 22, which 4will'then be in its lowermost position, as indicated in dotted lines adjacent to the representation of the roller 6. The roller 9 will then travel along the inclined face of the arm 22, thus turning the shaft 3 with an increasing speed in a direction opposite to that of its first rotation. Then the toothed sector 18 will engage the gear-wheel 32 and turn the shaft 3 at a uniform rate of speed for a certain period, and finally the roller 3l will engage the cam 12 and produce a slow downward movement of the same character as that obtained by the engagement of the roller 28 with the cam 15.

The cams 13 and 14 operate, in conjunction with the rollers 29` and 30, to prevent backlash. Thus in the position illustrated by Fig. 1 the roller 30 engages the cam 14 and prevents the shaft 3 from rotating faster than it isdriven by the roller 6. The cam 12 is just about to leave the roller 3l, and inasmuch as the angular speed of the cam is much greater than that of the roller at this moment no binding action will take place. If the shafts 1 and 2 rotate in opposite direction to that indicated by arrows, they will act in a different way-that is, the rollers 7 and 11 will produce the starting movement with increasing speed and the cams 13 and 14 will pro-V duce the slow-down at the end of the movement, and in this case the cams 12 and 15 will operate, in conjunction with the rollers 28 and 31, to prevent backlash.

If, asin many cases will be suicient, it is not desired to have the shafts 1 and 2 made reversible, the apparatus will be fully operative if the arms 5 10, rollers 7 11,cams 13 14, arms 2O 23, and rollers 29 30 are omitted. The shafts 1 and 2 will then have to rotate in the direction indicated by arrows and will not be able to operate the mechanism if rotated in the opposite direction. It will be observed, however, that in this case there will be nothing to hold the shaft 3 from turning faster than it is driven. This, for instance,

might happen if the mechanism connected with the shaft is rather heavy, so as to gather a considerable momentum during the time the shaft 3 is driven bythe engagement of the toothed gears, which momentum might cause the shaft to run ahead during what should be a slow-down movement.

In all TOO cases where this possibility is to be avoided the duplicate arrangement shown will be provided where in each case there is at the same time an engagement of a driving element with a suitable element on the driven member and also an engagement of a retaining element with a suitable portion of the driven member. Incidentally the. construction is such that those members which are retaining members when the shafts 1 and 2 rotate in one direction become driving members or elements when said shafts rotate inthe opposite direction, and vice versa.

In Fig. 4 I have shown my improved movement applied to a printing-press. 33 is the reciprocating bed, driven 'by a `.vheel 34 on the shaft 3,- and 35 is the impression-cylinder, driven, for instance, from the shaft 1 by means of gearing 36 37.

The diagram Fig. 6 is substantially the same as Fig. 3.

Figs. 7 and 3 show modifications of the speed-upand slow-down movements, it being understood that by giving the active surfaces of the arms 2O 2122 23various outlines I am enabled to obtain results of different character-that is, the speed may be made to increase very slowly at first and ,more rap- In the construction illustrated byrFigs. 1 i and 4 the faces ofthe arms 202122 23, which are engaged by the driving-rollers 6 `7 911, are substantially straight. This, however, is not an essential feat-u re of my invention, and it will be understood vthat the' operatingfaces of these engaging arms or elements may be made curved and that according to their shape the ratio of speed increase' maybe con'- siderably varied. Foi-"instance, if the ends of these arms are so curved that they 'will be substantially concentric to the path of the rollers I may secure a very easy starting movement, inasmuch as' the driven member constituted by the shaft 3 and the parts thereon will be practically at a standstill when'the driving-roller' first engagesone of said arms at its outer end. Arms ofgsubstantially this Fig. 6 illustrates a` movement substantially the same as that in Fig. 3, While Figs; 7 and 8 illustrate modifications ofthe end movements, the movement in Fig. 7 being quicker in its changes than the one in Fig. S.'

In Fig. 9 I have illustrated diagrammatically the movements of the 'parts during the speed-upv and slow-down movement itt each direction. On the circular line CZ, which indicates the path of the roller 6 around the shaft 1, I have indicated points at even distances, thus indicating equalintcrvals of time, and at each of these points I have shown in `full *lines the corresponding position of a portion of the roller 6 and in dotted lines the corresponding position of the cam 14. On the circle @,which indicatesthe pitchline of the gear-wheel 32, I have indicated the correspondingpositions of the roller 30, 4

cam 12, rollers 7 31,'and arm 2O are illustrated in a corresponding manner, the cam 12 being represented as driving theroller 31, while thearm 20 coperates with the roller 7 to hold the' driven member against 'movement independent of that imparted to it by the'cam 12. These views when read for a direction of rotation opposite to thatin'dicated by the arrows show at the left the driven member actuated by the engagement of the cam 14'with the roller 30 andjheld back by the engagement of the roller 6 Withthe arm 2 1, and at' the right, with the rotation in the other direction, we find illustrated the driving action' of the roller 7 on arm- 2O and the holdback action of the cam 12 in connection with the roller 31.

In Figs. 10 and 11 the shafts 1', 2v', A and 3'! IOO are arranged in the same plane. p The parts connected with the driving-shafts 1 v2 are practically the same as in Fig. 1 andare i111 dicated by corresponding reference-numerals.

The four arms 20' 21 22 23' on the driven shaft 3 `instead of being arrangedgabout at right angles to each other are disposed diametrically opposite to each otheiyand the rollers '28', 29', 30', and 31 are similarly arranged.

'ong but it will of course be understood that I'Io In other'respects the construction and operav, tion are the same as hereinbeforedescribed,

these parts may be mounted loosely, the shaft 4then constituting anaxle.

`In Figs. is and 14. I have illustrated cdustruction in which both driving devices are `mounted on the same,shaft. This maybe ydone either by mounting both-driving devices 'loosely on the shaft, -which `latter forms anl axle, or byinounting one of themlooselywhile the other is rigidlyupon the shaft.4 1'l is the l shaft or axle, for instance, rigidwith thebody '16 ofone of the drivinglde'vices. 17" of the other driving device would thenbe ,mounted loosely on the shaft. derstood that thet'wobodies 16'] and 17C', to-4 The body` j Iso gether with theA parts they carry, Iare rotated. in opposite directions `at the same rate of speed by any well-known or approved mechanism-as, for instance, by gear-wheels A B, cach rigidly secured to one of said bodies, one of said wheels engaging an intermediate pinion C, while the other meshes with a pinion D upon a drive-shaft Il, which also carries a gear-wheel F in mesh with the intermediate gear G. 4 is the arm carrying the driving-roller 6, which in the position shown is in driving engagement with the arm 21" on the body 38 of the driven device, which may be rigid with the shaft 3". 19 is the toothed segment on the plate 17", which toothed segment is adapted to engage the toothed sector 39 after the roller 6 has traveled to the inner end of the arm 31". 14" is a cam adapted to engage the roller 30 at about the moment the toothed portions 19" and 39 come out of engagement. The other driving device has a toothed segment 18", adapted to engage a corresponding toothed sector' 39 on the body 3S, a roller 9, adapted for driving engagement with an arm 23 on the body 38, and a cam 12", arranged to engage a roller 28 on the body 38. As shown by diagram Fig. 15, the shaft 3" is iirst given a movement with increasing speed as long as the roller 6" travels on the arm 21", the engagement of the cam 12 and roller 28 preventing backlash during this period. Then follows a period of uniform rotation during the engagement of the toothed portions 19" and 39, and then follows a slow-down movement during the engagement of the roller 9 with the arm 23. At the end of this slow-down movement the parts will reach the lower position. (Illustrated by dotted linesin Fig. 13.) The roller 9 will then begin to drive in the opposite direction by engaging the arm 23", and at the same time the cam 14 and the roller 30" will engage each other to hold the parts steady. As the roller 9 travels inward on the arm 23 the speed of the driven shaft 3" will increase until the gear 1S meshes with the gear 39', causing the shaft 3" to rotate at a uniform speed during a certain period, after which the cam 12 will engage the roller 2S and effect the slowdown movement, while the parts are held steady by the engagement of the arm 21 with the roller G". Thus the parts again reach the position shown in full lines in Fig. 13.

As far as above described my movement is applied to the production of an oscillating movement-that is, the driven shaft ordriven member is first moved in one direction and then in the opposite direction. My invention, however, is not limited to this specific case, but is applicable as well to a movement continually in the same direction, but varying in its ratio of speed. Such a movement I have illustrated in Fig. 16, where the driven shaft 3 turns constantly in the direction iudicated by the arrow. By this I do not mean that the shaft is necessarily in motion at all times, as it may very well stop at certain periods, or even move slightly backward at such periods; but what I meanis simply that the main movement of the shaft is always in the same direction and that there is no periodical reversal, as in the examples described before. In this construction I have shown a double driving device similar in some respects to that in Fig. 13. In fact, the driving device is practically a duplication of that shown in Fig. 13. The cams 12 and 14, arms 4 and 10, and rollers 6 and 9, together with the gear 19, are practically the same as those at the upper half of Fig. 13. The lower half contains the same parts symmetrically disposed-viz., cams 112 and 114, rollers 106 and 109, and arms 104 and 110, and a gear 119. All these parts, as well as the body 17, rotate together with the shaft 1 or upon the same. The roller 6 is in contact with tho engaging element or arm 21, and at the same time the cam 12 forms a holdback in connection with the roller 28. After the speedup movement, which brings the roller 6 to the inner end of the arm 21, the gear 19 engages the toothed sector 39. At the end of the uniform movement the cam 14 engages the roller 30 to produce the slow-down movement. The form of the arms 21, 23, 121, and 123 is such as to produce practically a standstill of the driven member at the beginning of the speed-up movement and at the end of the slow-down movement, as indicated by 'z'. c in the diagram Fig. 17. When the cam 14 has ceased to drive the roller 30, the roller 109 ,comes into driving engagement with the arm 123, and thus the movement is continued in the same manner as before described, since at the beginning of this second period the roller 109 and the arm 123 are in exactly' the same position as that represented for the roller 6 and the arm 21. Vith the drivingshaft 1 rotating in the direction indicated the rollers 9, 28, 130, and 106, the arms 23 and 121, and the cams 12 and 114 act as holdback elements only. The shaft 3 will thus be driven in a contra-clockwise direction with a speed varying in the manner above described. If it is desired to rotate the shaft 3 clockwise, the shaft 1 is reversed, and then those elements which have been just referred to as holdback or retaining71 elements become driving elements, while those which previously were driving elements become retaining elements. It will of course be understood that in Fig. 16 all the parts mounted on the shaft rotate togetherk in the same direction and not in opposite directions, as in Figs. 13 and 14. I desire it to be understood that the arrangement of the parts in a certain succession of planes may be varied without departing from my invention. All that is necessary is of course that the parts which are intended to cooperate should move in the same plane, so that they will come together at the proper times; otherwise, however, it is IOL',

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immaterial whether the toothed gearing be given a central position, as has been illustrated, or Whether it be located at the end. It Will further be understood that the par- 5.ticular mechanism for producing the speedlip and slow-down movement before and af-v ter the meshing of the toothed gears may be considerably altered without sacrificing the advantages of my invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a mechanical movement, the combination with driven instrumentalities mounted to move in' unison in the same relative position to each other, said instrulnentalities comprising a toothed gear, an engaging element extending beyond said gear, and a roller forming another engaging element and located at a different point of the gear, of driving instrnmentalities mounted to move in'unison with each other in the same position relatively to each other, said driving instrumentalities comprising a gear adapted to engage the driven gear, a roller arranged to engage the said outwardly-extending engaging element, and a cam arranged to engage the driven roller.

, 2. In a mechanical movement, the combination with driven instrumentalities comprising a toothed gear, an outwardly-extending engaging element adjacent to one point of said gear, a roller adjacent to said point on the gear, and another roller adjacent to a dierent point on the gear, of driving instrumentalities comprising a toothed gear adapted to mesh at intervals With the driven gear, a roller arranged for driving contact With the outwardlyextending engaging element, a drivingcam arranged for engagement with that driven roller which is distant from said engaging element, and a holdback-cam arranged to engage the other driven roller at the time the engaging element is in driving engagement With the driving-roller.

3. In a mechanical movement, the combination with driven instrumentalities held to move in unison, comprising a driven gear, a set of engaging elements located at different points of said gear, and another set of engaging members located in proximity to said engaging elements,of driving instrumentalities comprising a gear adapted to mesh with said driven gear, tWo driving elements located at the ends of the driving-gear and adapted for contact with the said irst set of engaging elements, and cams located adjacent to the ends of the driving-gear and arranged to engage the second set of engaging members.

4. In a mechanical movement, the combination of a set of driven instrumentalities comprising a toothed gear, and engaging elements adjacent to dierent points of said gear, With two sets of drivinginstrumentaligear, and driving elements located adjacent to those points at which the driving-gears come into or out of mesh with the driven gear, said driving elements beingadapted to cooperate with the said engaging devices to give the set of driven instrumentalities an increasing speed up to the time the gears mesh with each other, and a decreasing speed after the gears have comeout ofmesh.

5. In a mechanical movement, the combination of two sets of driving instrumentalities and one set of driven instru mentalities, all of these sets comprising toothed gears, those of the driving sets being arranged 'to come into mesh with the driven set. alternately, each driving set comprising additional driving elements arranged adjacent to those points at which the respective driving-gear comes into and out of mesh With the driven set, and the driven set comprising engaging devices arranged to coperate with said additional driving elements.

6. In a mechanical movement, a set of driven instrumentalities, and a lplurality of sets. of driving instrumentalities, each set having its elements connected to move in unison in the same relative position to each other, and all sets comprising toothed gears,

the driving-gears being arranged to mesh with the driven set atintervals and at different times, each driving set comprising additional driving elements arranged adjacent -to those points at which the driving action of the respective gears begins and ends, and the driven set comprising engaging elements adapted for contact with said additional driving elements.

7. In a mechanical'movement, the combinationof two sets of driving instrumentalities arranged to rotate in opposite directions, and each comprising a driving-gear, with a set of driven instrumentalities with which the said gears are adapted to mesh alternately so as to drive it in opposite directions, each of the said driving sets comprising additional driving elements located adjacent to those points at which the corresponding drivinggear comes into and out of mesh with the driven set, and the said driven set compris- ,ing engaging elements arranged to cooperate r with the said additional driving elements.

8. In a mechanical movement, the combination of a driving-gear and a driven gear adapted to mesh at intervals, with an engaging element mounted to turn with the driven gear and located adjacent to one of the limits of the meshing of said gears, a driving element mounted to turn with the driving-gear and arranged to cooperate with said engagof mesh, a retaining element mounted to turn Iool .ing element at a time When the gears are out"y with the driving-gear, and another retaining In testimony whereof I have signed my element mounted to turn with the driven name to this specification in the presence of gear and arranged to coperate with the rsttwo subscribing witnesses.

named retaining element, said retaining eie- I FRANK H. LINDNER. 5 ments being arranged in a plane 0f rotation \Vinesses:

different; from that in which the said drivingr JOHN LOTKA,

@lementI and engaging element move. OTTO V. SCHRENK. 

